~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Tuesday, Jan. 9, 2006 QUARTERLY FARE SUBSIDY DISTRIBUTION Date/Time/Location: Jan. 10 and 11, 10 a.m. - noon and 1:30 - 3:30 p.m., west lobby Contact: Jacquie Morgan 358-1214. Please bring your NASA ID badge. If you will be on travel or leave, contact Jacquie Morgan to arrange to pick up subsidies after your return. Subsidies picked up after Jan. 16 will be prorated for the quarter. New participants in the SmartBenefits program will also receive their SmarTr ...Continue Reading

NASA Science News for January 8, 2007 It's official: the Moon is on the metric system. NASA is returning to the Moon, and the agency has decided to use metric units for all future lunar operations. FULL STORY at http://science.nasa.gov/headlines/y2007/08jan_metricmoon.htm?list882224 Check out our RSS feed at http://science.nasa.gov/rss.xml! You are currently subscribed to snglist as: nasa_reports@aus-city.com. This is a free service. To unsubscribe click here: http://lyris.msfc.nasa.gov/u?id=882224F&n=T&l=snglist or ...Continue Reading

Jan. 8, 2007 Dwayne Brown Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1726 RELEASE: 07-03 NASA SELECTS PROPOSALS FOR FUTURE MARS MISSIONS AND STUDIES WASHINGTON - On Monday, NASA selected for concept study development two proposals for future robotic missions to Mars. These missions would increase understanding of Mars' atmosphere, climate and potential habitability in greater detail than ever before. In addition, NASA also will fund a U.S. scientist to participate in a proposed European Mars mission as well as fund ins ...Continue Reading

LiveScience.com Monday, January 8, 2007 Why Woodpeckers Don't Get Headaches Males can drum up to 12,000 times a day. If they said, "Not tonight honey, I have a headache," there would be no little woodpeckers. New Source of Stem Cells Discovered Scientists on Sunday reported the discovery of a new source of human stem cells that have the capability to develop into many different types of cells, including muscle, bone, fat, blood vessel, nerve and liver cells. Newfound B ...Continue Reading

Jan. 8, 2007 Allard Beutel Headquarters, Washington 202-358-4769 James Hartsfield Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-5111 MEDIA ADVISORY: M07-002 NEXT SHUTTLE ASTRONAUTS AVAILABLE FOR INTERVIEWS THIS WEEK HOUSTON - NASA astronauts John D. "Danny" Olivas, an El Paso, Texas native, and Chicago-area native Lee Archambault, members of the next space shuttle mission targeted for launch in March, are available for interviews by satellite this week. It will be the first space flight for both Olivas ...Continue Reading

SPACE.com Update for January 8, 2007  * DESTINATIONS:* *News* *|* *SpaceFlight* *|* *Science/Astronomy* *|* *SETI* *|*   *Space Business News* *January 8, 2007*     *TOP STORY* *posted: January 8, 2007 11:38 am EDT* *Astronomers Create 3D Map of Dark Matter*Astronomers have mapped the positions of vast, invisible isles of dark matter in the sky, within which normal "bright" matter galaxies are embedded like glitter ...Continue Reading

Jan. 7, 2007 Dwayne Brown/Tabatha Thompson Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1726/3895 Susan Hendrix Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Md. 301-286-7745 Ray Villard Space Telescope Science Institute, Baltimore 410-338-4514 RELEASE: 07-02 HUBBLE MAPS THE COSMIC WEB OF "CLUMPY" DARK MATTER IN 3-D SEATTLE - An international team of astronomers using NASA's Hubble Space Telescope has created the first three-dimensional map of the large-scale distribution of dark matter in the universe. Dark matter i ...Continue Reading

Jan. 5, 2007 Michael Braukus/Beth Dickey Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1979/2087 Kim Newton Marshall Space Flight Center, Huntsville, Ala. 256-544-0034 CONTRACT RELEASE: C07-002 NASA EXTENDS ARES I DEVELOPMENT CONTRACT HUNTSVILLE, Ala. - NASA has authorized a contract action having a value of $48 million with ATK Thiokol of Brigham City, Utah, to continue design and development of the first stage for the Ares I crew launch vehicle. Ares I will transport the Orion crew exploration vehicle and its crew of ...Continue Reading

SPACE.com Update for January 5, 2007  * DESTINATIONS:* *News* *|* *SpaceFlight* *|* *Science/Astronomy* *|* *SETI* *|*   *Space Business News* *January 5, 2007*     *TOP STORY* *posted: January 5, 2007 03:02 pm EDT* *Skywatcher's Almanac: Celestial Highlights in 2007*From a potentially spectacular summer meteor shower to a pair of lunar eclipses and compelling appearances of the planets, this year will be an excellent one fo ...Continue Reading

Jan. 5, 2007 Grey Hautaluoma Headquarters, Washington 202-358-0668 James Hartsfield Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-5111 STATUS REPORT: SS07-01 INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION STATUS REPORT: SS07-01 HOUSTON - New gear helped the astronauts on the International Space Station kick off a new year as they prepared a second oxygen-generating system, upgraded soundproofing in the living quarters and unpacked supplies delivered just before Christmas by the space shuttle. After a New Year's Day holiday, station E ...Continue Reading